Americký zpěvák původem z Chicaga, vl. jm. Samuel Cook (nar. 1931). Jeho záběr sahal od gospelu, blues a soulu až po swing a rock´n´roll. Od 40. let zpíval gospely, nejprve se svými sourozenci ve sk. Singing Children, později ve sk. Highway...

Píseň: Ol' Man River

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Sam Cooke
Rolling along, rolling along, rolling along
 Hm, old man river, that old man river
 He don't say nothing, but he must know something
 For old man river, he just keeps rolling along
 He don't plant taters, he don't pick cotton
 And them that plants em they're soon forgotten
 While old man river, he jest keeps rolling along


 You and me, we sweat and strain
 Body all aching and racked with pain
 Towed that bargem lift the bail
 Get a little drunk and you land in jail
 In get weary and sick of trying
 I'm tired of living and afraid of dying
 While old man river he just keeps rolling along